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Thekaspervote

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14. Thx! Despair is our worst enemy!

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 12:08 PM

Mar 2021

Stacey Abrams is my light..seriously. Every time I see her she is nothing but upbeat and positive, always moving forward to the next right thing, despite the mounting crap from the right.

This is what every last one of us needs to do!

Act and act now!!

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What is happening with France? Are we in danger of this also? [View all] JohnSJ Mar 2021 OP

Certainly Biden is not tacking to the right. But Manchin/Sinema/Shaheen are a deadly problem. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #1

and if that happens, I think the republic is finished. We almost lost it on January 6 JohnSJ Mar 2021 #2

Exactly. We have to do whatever it takes to get these people to sit down and shut up. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #4

+1, I can't imagine the kGQP letting go the reigns of power if they get it via voter suppression uponit7771 Mar 2021 #6

Russian operatives working both sides. blm Mar 2021 #3

Looks like rodent sex similar to what M$M amplified around 2015 about US left. Looks like Macron uponit7771 Mar 2021 #5

Very important. Thank you for posting. Mike 03 Mar 2021 #7

Long before Franklin's "A republic, if you can keep it" became a drinking game, some... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #8

A big danger in most democracies is that their far left, those always unhappy Hortensis Mar 2021 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author marmar Mar 2021 #12

That's certainly not a danger in the US. There is no far left leftstreet Mar 2021 #13

"Democracy is fragile." Thx for posting we all need to be aware Thekaspervote Mar 2021 #10

Well said JohnSJ Mar 2021 #11

Thx! Despair is our worst enemy! Thekaspervote Mar 2021 #14

I'm not sure a paper with a circulation of 67,238 would be considered "leading". brooklynite Mar 2021 #15

However, it is a leading newspaper in France. muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #16

Don't let the circulation figure mislead you. DFW Mar 2021 #19

Already has happened. Guess it could happen again. boston bean Mar 2021 #17

The French left has always been fractured DFW Mar 2021 #18

K&R. Thanks for that review, DFW. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2021 #20

My first visit to France was as a teenager in 1968 DFW Mar 2021 #21